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ID: 700000628
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000628
Record Type: Movable Work
Prospettiva della prima macchina rappresentante il Monte Parnasso, (etching (print); Miguel de Sorelló (Spanish engraver, ca. 1700 - ca. 1765,...; Published: 1739; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 861657; accession number: 2010.PR.16**;)
Note: The print depicts the first ephemeral monument, representing Mount Parnassus, erected for the celebrations held in Rome in 1739, after the presentation of the "chinea" or ceremony of homage paid to Pope Clement XIII; Designed by the architect Michelangelo Specchi, the ephemeral monument was ordered by Don Fabrizio Colonna, ambassador extraordinary of Carlo di Borbone, King of the Two Sicilies. Publication: [1739].
Titles:
Prospettiva della prima macchina rappresentante il Monte Parnasso, (preferred,C,U,RP,Italian-P,U,U)
Ephemeral monument in Rome, representing Mount Parnassus, for the "chinea" ceremony for Pope Clement XIII in 1739 (C,U,DE,English,U,U)
Prospettiva della prima macchina rappresentante il Monte Parnasso,; [graphic] :; con Appollo, le Muse, et il Cavallo Pegaseo, ... ; con tal idea s'intende di dar quella lode che ben è douuta alla Maestà di don Carlo di Borbone, rè delle Due Sicilie, di Gerusalemme &c. &c. &c. ... ; detta macchina fatta incendiare dà S. Ecc.za il Sig.r Pñpe d. Fabrizio Colonna grande di Spagna ... la sera della vigilia de Ss. Pietro, e Paolo, doppo di avere il giorno istesso presentata la Chinea, e censo à Sua Beat.ne papa Clemente XII., l'anno 1739 / Pietro Parrocel inv. e dis. ; Michel'Angelo Specchi architetto ; Michele Sorellò incise con lic. de sup. (C,U,Italian,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
etching (print) [300041365] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, prints (visual works), <prints by process or technique>, <prints by process: transfer method>, intaglio prints)
print (visual work) [300041273]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
prints (preferred)

Creation Date: Published: 1739

Creator Display:
Miguel de Sorelló (Spanish engraver, ca. 1700 - ca. 1765, active in Spain and Italy); work depicted by: Michelangelo Specchi (Italian architect and artist, ca. 1684-ca. 1750); Parrocel, Pierre Ignace (French printmaker, 1702-1775, active in Italy); unknown Italian (Italian cultural designation) [preferred,GRISC]
Sorelló, Miguel de (Spanish engraver, ca. 1700 - ca. 1765, active in Spain and Italy) [500038103]
publishers unknown Italian (Italian cultural designation) [500125250]
Specchi, Michelangelo (Italian architect and artist, ca. 1684-ca. 1750) [500034877]
Parrocel, Pierre Ignace (French printmaker, 1702-1775, active in Italy) [500057006]
Locations:
Current: Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500353615] Getty Research Institute, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 861657; accession number: 2010.PR.16**
Credit Line: copyright J. Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Special Collections
Address Note: 1200 Getty Center Dr., Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Display Materials: 1 print: etching, b&w
etching (printing process) [300053241]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <printing and printing processes and techniques>, printing processes, intaglio printing processes)
black-and-white (colors) [300265434]
.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), colors (hues or tints), neutrals (colors))

Dimensions: plate mark 37.7 x 44.6 cm, on sheet 47 x 70.5 cm
General Subject:
structures (preferred)
events

Specific Subjects:
Clement XIII, Pope (Italian pope, 1693-1769) [500252926]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
Charles III, King of Spain (Spanish king, 1716-1788) [500122380]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
festivals (celebrations) [300073472]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, celebrations) (AAT)
Colonna family (Italian patrons and collectors, active 15th-17th centuries) [500353827]
.....(Corporate Bodies) (ULAN)
Colonna, Fabrizio (Italian noble, 18th century) [500353828]
.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)
Chinea, Festa della [300404034]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events, holidays, local holidays) (AAT)
Parnassós [7011022]
.....(Region of Central Greece (region (administrative division)), Greece (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

Provenance: The Paul and Marianne Gourary Collection; halwa; Purchase.
Inscriptions: Prospettiva della prima macchina rappresentante il Monte Parnasso, con Appollo, le Muse, et il Cavallo Pegaseo, ... ; con tal idea s'intende di dar quella lode che ben è douuta alla Maestà di don Carlo di Borbone, rè delle Due Sicilie, di Gerusalemme &c. &c. &c. ... ; detta macchina fatta incendiare dà S. Ecc.za il Sig.r Pñpe d. Fabrizio Colonna grande di Spagna ... la sera della vigilia de Ss. Pietro, e Paolo, doppo di avere il giorno istesso presentata la Chinea, e censo à Sua Beat.ne papa Clemente XII., l'anno 1739 / Pietro Parrocel inv. e dis. ; Michel'Angelo Specchi architetto ; Michele Sorellò incise con lic. de sup.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
Prospettiva della prima macchina rappresentante il Monte Parnasso,........ [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-) 861657
Ephemeral monument in Rome, representing Mount Parnassus, for the "chinea" ceremony for Pope Clement XIII in 1739........ [VP]
........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Prospettiva della prima macchina rappresentante il Monte Parnasso,; [graphic] :; con Appollo, le Muse, et il Cavallo Pegaseo, ... ; con tal idea s'intende di dar quella lode che ben è douuta alla Maestà di don Carlo di Borbone, rè delle Due Sicilie, di Gerusalemme &c. &c. &c. ... ; detta macchina fatta incendiare dà S. Ecc.za il Sig.r Pñpe d. Fabrizio Colonna grande di Spagna ... la sera della vigilia de Ss. Pietro, e Paolo, doppo di avere il giorno istesso presentata la Chinea, e censo à Sua Beat.ne papa Clemente XII., l'anno 1739 / Pietro Parrocel inv. e dis. ; Michel'Angelo Specchi architetto ; Michele Sorellò incise con lic. de sup......... [GRISC,VP]
........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Subject: ....... [GRISC,VP]
....................... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Note:
English ..... [GRISC]
..... GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
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